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The Obama administration won’t forget about the people of West as the small Central Texas town rebuilds from the fertilizer plant explosion that killed at least 15 people, presidential press secretary Jay Carney said this afternoon. “The people of West, Texas, suffered enormously last week and continue to suffer from this tragic explosion that has …

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz says he won’t back down. Nearly nine in ten Americans favor expanding background checks for gun buyers. And two historically pro-gun senators reached a bipartisan agreement this morning to do just that — while preserving exceptions for family gun transfers and personal sales. But the Republican from Houston, who has led …

Texas on the Potomac frequently shares some of the best national political content from the Texas Tribune. Here’s a scoop from the Trib’s resident superstar, Emily Ramshaw. Gov. Rick Perry and Texas’ two U.S. senators will join forces at the state Capitol on Monday to reassert their opposition to expanding Medicaid, a central tenet of …

A congressional committee held a contentious two-hour hearing today to tackle one of the most pressing issues facing American veterans — the persistent backlog in vets’ claims that are awaiting a decision. Currently, there are nearly 900,000 pending claims of more than 125 days. The problem has existed throughout the decade of war in Afghanistan …

Houston Rep. John Culberson, who has long advocated for the nation’s space program, today presented his vision for the future of NASA — and it includes big changes in management of the space agency. Culberson and Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., on Wednesday told members of the House Subcommittee on Space that NASA needs to be …

Following criticism earlier this week from the Belarusian government for the United States government’s suppression of the Texas’ independence movement, the State Department responded urging Belarus to reflect on its own government. “The United States is always open to discussing human rights, both in the United States and abroad. In the spirit of open discussion, …

It seems a bit implausible — after all, she has been one of President Barack Obama’s most consistent critics — but there’s speculation in Washington that recently retired Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison could be a potential replacement for Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The speculation popped up most recently in The Hill, a Capitol Hill …

“It remains unclear if any group or person exercised overall command and control of the attack, and if extremist group leaders directed their members to participate. However, we do assess that some of those involved were linked to groups affiliated with, or sympathetic to al-Qa’ida,” Shawn Turner, director of public affairs for the Director of National Intelligence, said in a statement. …

When asked how they expected economic conditions to be in a year, 68 percent of likely voters (and 67 percent of all voters) said they would be “good,” while 31 percent of likely voters (and 27 percent of all voters) expected it to be “poor.” …